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Two by Earth, Three by Fire: Detroit Revisited

Lester Sloan | Posted 05.04.2009 | Living

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Lester Sloan

Ironically, it is still Detroit that gives the suburbs a sense of place and America a reason to hope.

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Barack Obama and the American Dream

Lauri Lyons | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Lauri Lyons

The past four decades have been a mixture of social growing pains and progress. Even with that said, most people never believed that a Black man would become the President.

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